One Great Hour of Sharing

Sharing Resources. Changing Lives.

Remember your earliest lessons about sharing? At the time, sharing may have seemed like a burden, a needless sacrifice—giving up part of what you believed was rightfully yours.

Over time, however, we come to realize that all of our gifts come from God, and that sharing actually enriches us. In blessing others with our gifts, goodness and love flow from our hearts. And blessing returns to us, subtly but surely changing us, building that desire to respond even more generously to God’s call ‘to do good and to share what we have.’

During Lent, our Mission Outreach Commission asks each member to make an effort to set aside $5 a week (the cost of one day’s lunch or a small coffee for five days) for the One Great Hour of Sharing Offering which will be made on Palm Sunday weekend, March 15th and 16th. Our members have a history of sharing fully in this offering, please make every effort to continue our church’s great efforts by fully sharing your resources this Lent.

To help you on your journey through this season of Lent, the Mission Outreach and Christian Education Commissions are offering a booklet they have entitled, A Lenten Journey. Click the picture at right to learn more about this helpful booklet including how you can download a copy of your own.

This year marks the 59th year of the One Great Hour of Sharing offering, an offering in which nine Christian denominations currently share. The different programs for which the offering collected in Presbyterian Churches is used include:

The Presbyterian Hunger Program

Self-Development of People

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance

Members of the Bound Brook congregation are familiar with two of these programs: the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance program, a program of which we have personal knowledge, both as a recipient of its aid and because members of our congregation have participated in work groups providing aid in disaster areas; and the Presbyterian Hunger Program.

The Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook participates in the Equal Exchange Fair Trade Program. Part of the cost of our purchases from Equal Exchange goes to the Presbyterian Church's Hunger Program. You support this effort every time you purchase Fair Trade Coffee.

One Great Hour of Sharing offers an opportunity for each of us to share with people in need around the world—giving them much more than a handout. When we share our resources, we help to ensure that children suffering from disease not only receive treatment, but enjoy the benefits of a community made safer with proper sanitation and clean sources of water. We partner with a family living in hunger, offering them not just food, but the tools and training to build a sustainable source of income for themselves—improving their world and ours.

When we share our resources through One Great Hour of Sharing, we make a difference in the lives of others. We reach around the world, giving shape to the heart of Christ.

And when we understand how the blessing of sharing changes lives, our own lives are never again the same.

Click below to learn more about the PCUSA One Great Hour of Sharing.

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